Maths model for tweets throws up some surprises

University of Limerick researchers used a mathematical model to look at how information gets retweeted

‘We assumed that people on Twitter had little time and they retweeted the most recent thing they saw, and we didn’t need to assume that some people have more followers’

How does a meme, or idea, spread on Twitter? Researchers at the University of Limerick used a mathematical model to look at how information gets retweeted or passed around, and they found a few surprises.

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